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Egg- 

 Length about half a milHmctrc ; width a Httic over a 

 quarter of a milhmetre ; shape more or less elliptical, 

 with a small pedicel at one end ; contents granular ; 

 colour \-ello\vish-\vhite (Fig. 4, No. lOj. The description 

 and figure were taken from a female caught in the New 

 Forest, August, 1897. The}' were brought home in 

 spirit, and therefore were in most cases much shrivelled. 



Date. 



0. ticnih'sccns is a mid-summer species. My earliest 

 record for its a[)i)earance is June 4, and the latest 

 communicated in September. It would, therefore, be at 

 its best in late June and Jul\'. 



Habits. 



Bogg}- ground seems to be the favourite haunt of this 

 species. Though swift, its flight is not of long dura- 

 tion. The insect appears and is otT again like a flash 

 of lightning, making its capture b\- no means an easy 

 matter. It will entice its pursuer for a long distance, 

 and often over treacherous ground, settling or hoxering 

 for a time, but fl\-ing off continually so as to keep well 

 out of the reach of the net ; and should it perchance 

 stay too long on the ground, so well does it harmonise 

 with its usual siu'roundings, that its would-be captor 

 obtains ver\' little assistance from the circumstance. 



Distribution. ^<^'^^ ^f^H-^^HUM. B^$^ 

 The records I have been able to obtain of this species 

 do not appear to be representatixe. The most northerly 



